001 I was 8 years old when I learned who Tom Petty was. It was 1989 and “Free Fallin’” was getting played on WABB in Mobile, Alabama seemingly every hour. I liked it a lot, so much so in fact that my mom bought me the 45 single to play on a tiny maroon turn table I...

002 Kurt Cobain was the icon of the grunge era. Eddie Vedder was its rock star. Chris Cornell was its voice. You can have your Freddie Mercury and your Robert Plant and your Roger Daltry. For me, the best voice in rock history belonged to Chris Cornell. He sounded...

Are you scared? I am. And I don’t care who knows it. I’m not scared of the fact that our President is a Republican. Hell, I’m not even entirely sure that is what he is. I’m scared that our President is mentally unstable. I am scared that he is already taking steps...

There’s not a lot I can say about David Bowie that you haven’t already read or heard. And I don’t just mean that you have read or heard this week after the Thin White Duke’s passing. David Bowie is a guy that has absolutely captivated us...

I certainly was not alone in eagerly anticipating December 17, 2015. While officially, Star Wars: The Force Awakens opened the following day, many theaters across the country began screening the movie at 7:00 PM that night. My sister and I were lucky enough to get...

It’s September 3rd and another football season is upon us. It should be reason to celebrate. There’s no sport on this Earth that I love more than college football. Tonight I’ll watch the Tar Heels and Gamecocks in what I’m told is called “The Carolina Clash.” I’ll...

There was a time in my life when a movie like We Are Your Friends would have made me furious. It’s a movie about a pretty boy club DJ (High School Musical‘s Zac Efron) and his mopey quest to dominate the EDM scene. See, I started working in radio from...

Find Rock n’ Roll Karate Sex Dragons on iTunes… Episode 22: David Cutcliffe Duke’s David Cutcliffe stops by to talk about changing the culture at Duke, his thoughts on being at a “basketball school” with high academic standards,the...

Interesting. The word is in the title of this review for a reason. It’s the best way to describe American Ultra, the stoner-action flick starring Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network), Kristin Stewart (any movie involving the word Twilight) and the insanely...

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